Bin Laden Death a Non-Event

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My intentions had been to simply ignore media reports that the U.S. had killed its #1 Boogeyman. After all, there is practically nothing “newsworthy” about the event. However, the cacophony of the media parrots simply drowned-out all other thoughts (and real news) this morning.

There is a very simple test which we can use on any/every item of fact, in order to determine if it has any “news value”: is the world a different place after such news than it was before the news?

In this respect, the death of Osama Bin Laden is a complete non-event: it changes absolutely nothing in the world. Even if we were to treat the farcical U.S. “War on Terror” as a legitimate campaign rather than just a front for more despicable U.S. imperialism (i.e. the War For Drugs in Afghanistan, and the War For Oil in Iraq), Bin Laden's death changes nothing.

At the beginning of this fabricated “war”, the death of Osama Bin Laden would have likely been greeted with another “Mission Accomplished” boast by George Bush Junior. Today, it will not result in even one U.S. soldier being sent back home. It is an event which does not lead to or imply any other progress in this (intentional) war-with-no-end.

On the opposite side, it neither harms nor demoralizes any of the Arab factions currently confronting the U.S. war-machine, as even the mainstream media acknowledges that Bin Laden no longer had any operational relevance in Al Qaeda. If killing this “enemy” neither helps “us” or weakens “them”, then how could it possibly have any significance?

However, the mainstream media has never allowed minor considerations such as “facts” or “logic” to get in their way when it comes to sensationalizing an event in order to further their general propaganda-campaign.

Want U.S. markets to go higher? Bin Laden's death will do that. Want the price of gold, silver, and oil to go lower? Bin Laden's death will do that. Indeed, I have been poring over media reports this morning to find out if Bin Laden's death will also be identified as a cure for the “common cold”.

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